Terri Turnage v. HHS - other (2014)

Terri Turnage, as the natural parent of a minor child identified as M.A.T., filed a petition under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act. The public record consists of a decision on attorneys' fees and costs, based on a stipulation of fact between the parties.

The specific vaccine(s), vaccination date(s), the alleged injury, symptom onset, clinical history, or the outcome of the underlying vaccine injury claim are not described in this public decision. Petitioner's counsel was Peter H.

Meyers, and respondent's counsel was Glenn A. MacLeod.

Special Master Laura D. Millman issued the decision.

On June 24, 2014, petitioner applied for attorneys' fees and costs, asserting $150.00 in out-of-pocket costs. Following informal discussions where respondent raised objections to certain items, petitioner amended her request to $94,850.00 for attorneys' fees and costs, plus the $150.00 for personal costs.

Respondent did not object to the amended amount. Special Master Millman found the stipulated amount to be reasonable and awarded $94,850.00 in attorneys' fees and costs, payable jointly to Terri Turnage and Peter H.

Meyers. Additionally, $150.00 was awarded for petitioner's costs, payable directly to petitioner.

The total award was $95,000.00, representing legal fees and costs, not compensation for a vaccine injury. The decision notes that it is unpublished but will be posted on the court's website in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, with a standard notice regarding redaction of sensitive information.